HSP70 — Beta vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Summary

BvHSP70 (BVRB_1G000430) on sugar beet chromosome 1 encodes a protein belonging to the UPF0220 family and is annotated with molecular function and cellular component terms. The gene is associated with several biological processes, including endosome-to-vacuole transport via the MVB sorting pathway, cytoskeleton and actin cytoskeleton organization, glycan biosynthesis, carbohydrate metabolism, detoxification, immune response, and response to heat. It is also linked to traits such as zinc concentration and photosynthetic rate. Studies of related genes in other species connect the HSP70 family to a wide range of agronomically important traits, including plant height, seed weight and size, fruit length and size, root fresh and dry weight, leaf trichome density, chlorophyll content, net photosynthetic rate, quantum yield, photochemical quenching, stomatal resistance, leaf water potential, hydrogen peroxide and proline content, amino acid content, lignin content, germination rate, drought tolerance, and flower abortion.